Technology

The technological revolution for IFAs, if we can call it such, has been running much longer in the back office than the front, indeed a good rule of thumb in our market is the further you go from the client experience, the more you will find technology....

Standard Life has moved to increase the profile of its wrap and fund supermarket operations by appointing Mark Polson communications head.

Standard Life has added Thames River's multi-manager range run by Gary Potter and Rob Burdett to its mutual funds platform FundZone.

Financial advisers and brokers will need to introduce more sophisticated systems for managing commission payments in order to comply fully with the outcomes of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Callidus Software.

Capita has begun the New Year by launching a new integrated distribution business, Capita Wealth and Distribution Services (CWADS).

Nucleus has signed up a further six IFA firms to the adviser-owned wrap platform.

SOFTWARE providers The Exchange and 1st have announced further developments to their e-Valuation and e-Commission services.

Nearly two thirds of advisers are willing to move entirely from paper to electronic commission communications in the future.

THE Exchange has announced that business transactions via its Exweb adviser portal have increased by over 50pc, from 170,148 to 256,880, in the 12 months to the end of October.

Outsourced investment solutions will eventually overtake "outdated" wrap propositions, Parmenion Capital Partners claims.